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1109429

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Farmers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the prospects of UK farmers as a result of the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Trudy Harrison
	uin	240616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>As part of our preparations to leave the EU, we have carried out a rigorous programme of analytical work that has assessed the impact of various EU withdrawal scenarios on the UK farming sector.</p><p> </p><p>Part of that programme has included modelling work co-funded between the four UK agricultural departments. In August 2017 FAPRI-UK published this analysis in the report “Impacts of Alternative post-brexit trade agreements on UK agriculture: sector analyses using the FAPRI-UK model”. It considers the impact of different trading scenarios on many farming commodity sectors. The full report is available on Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute website –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.afbini.gov.uk/sites/afbini.gov.uk/files/publications/FAPRI-UK%20Brexit%20Report%20-%20FINAL%20Clean.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.afbini.gov.uk/sites/afbini.gov.uk/files/publications/FAPRI-UK%20Brexit%20Report%20-%20FINAL%20Clean.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Evidence and Analysis Paper, which accompanied the publication of the Agriculture Bill, provides analysis of the various ways farmers are likely to be affected by the movement from the area-based payments of the Common Agricultural Policy to being rewarded for the public goods they produce under Environmental Land Management (ELM). Further information can be found here –</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-for-food-farming-and-the-environment-policy-statement-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-future-for-food-farming-and-the-environment-policy-statement-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>This analysis only applies to England, as agricultural policy in the UK is devolved, and it is for each administration to decide its approach and what measures it should adopt according to its evaluation of the situation which pertains to its area. For details relating to the rest of the UK, please contact the relevant devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/04/2019 15:06:53 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison

1109432

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Sheep Meat: Imports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what contingencies he has put in place in the event that the UK becomes subject to the complaints procedures at the WTO with regard to quotas of lamb imports from (a) Australia and (b) New Zealand.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	240476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>In preparation for the UK’s departure from the EU, the Government has been working to establish our autonomous membership of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Amongst other things, this has included laying the UK’s Goods Schedule at the WTO for certification, which was done on 24 July 2018. The UK’s Schedule replicates the EU28’s bound tariffs and sets out UK specific tariff rate quota (TRQ) volumes determined by a joint EU-UK agreed apportionment methodology. The underlying principle of the approach to establishing TRQs is to maintain current levels of market access into the UK for all WTO members.</p><p> </p><p>Certifying the UK’s Goods Schedule is a process, and we are aware that some WTO members have expressed concern about potential impacts on existing access to trade which result from the apportionment methodology. In response, on 21 December 2018 the UK Government formally opened an Article XXVIII process under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, which specifically addresses TRQs. This was done with a view to engaging directly with WTO members about their concerns, and working towards formal certification of the UK’s Goods Schedule. This process is currently underway.</p><p> </p><p>Defra officials have been engaging directly with officials from Australia and New Zealand since 2016. We are fully aware of their views and have established a dialogue, including negotiations through Article XXVIII, to resolve the issues that they raise.</p><p> </p><p>In light of this, we do not expect the UK to be subject to formal complaint procedures in relation to TRQs. However, in the unlikely event that the UK were to be challenged on this once we leave the EU, we are confident that the steps we have taken maintain the existing balance of rights and obligations and are fully consistent with WTO practice.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/04/2019 14:57:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1109457

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2019 to Question 213911 on bovine tuberculosis: disease control, for what reason that correction was issued; and what the figures referred to in the original answer to that question.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	240477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>A revised answer was issued because the original question asked about one specific cull area in Dorset, whereas the original answer provided data for the entire county of Dorset.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/04/2019 15:06:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew